The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 09, 1957, Image 6

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g -' • hi, PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1951 r ► iV-"'-' -1-^ v ■.V . i I I P-: 1 s-i? •• '“■• ■' -! . j. . » '.• ' I : FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist INSECT TIME This is the month for crops to start getting up and growing in earnest. And along with that great activity comes insects too. If you don’t keep a close watch -mwI apply remedies early, worms or bugs are liable to get some of fh* things you’ve planted before you know it. This is especially mo with truck and garden crops. It would pay also to keep a copy of Clemson Extension Bulletin 102, “Garden and Truck Crop In sects,” handy as a reference. It shews both the insects and the damage they do. Then it also gives the remedies. It is by our W. C. Nettles and is free for the asking at your county agent’s office. PROGRESS AMONG OUR COLORED FOLKS Mrs. Marion B. Paul, our state supervisor of Negro home demon stration work, reports progess in many lines of better living among the Negro home demonstration club members in the various coun ties. A few instances are: The importance of weight in relation to health is being stress ed in all counties. In Allendale county they found 89 percent of the women were overweight, 4 percent underweight, and 7 per cent normal. Corrective diets were furnished all who needed them. Later checkups will record what progress has been made in cor recting their weights. In Beaufort county this was also done with 72 dub members. In Cherokee county, 21 local leaders attended a meat cutting fmH canning school. A progress report for the wom en’s clubs of Darlington county for 1956 showed 15 new homes built, 12 water system put in, 7 bathrooms, 67 flower yards, five refrigerators, 14 deep freezers, end 32 television sets installed. The home demonstration women of Lawton’s Bay community in Hampton county cleaned off their church grounds andplanted 75 pieces of shrubbery there. The Cedar Creek community of Horry county secured an aban doned school building they are de veloping as a community center. In Union county six farm wom en received washing machines as Christmas presents, one an elec tric range, and two gas ranges. Their home agent assisted them in better understanding the opera tion and care of these machines. And 21i> 4-H girls there were >■ in structed on how to make a gath ered skirt. A total of 87 of these bad finished making theirs when I got my report. The Williamsburg home demon stration women gave 41 food bas kets to needy families at Christ mas time. HOW TRUE “A happy family is but an ear lier heaven,” said Sir John Row ing. Surely, earth holds no greater bliss than there in the circle of a happy family. You know, it takes everyone doing his part though to make one of that sort. Consid eration of others and a give-and- take attitude is surely necessary. Selfishness has no place there. “Epery wind that blows is against the anchor,” another has said. And about the only anchor that will hold there in the family against all of this is a deep and abiding religious foundation or basis for everyday living. This is strongly recognized in 4-H club vrork and the spiritual angle is al ways to the forefront. In their regular club meetings they have a devotional. At their summer camps the daily vesper program is a highlight. And on Rural Life Sunday and during National 4-H Club Week each year many local 2-H clubs are in charge of the full services in their local church. Yes, building for a happy and wholesome future there on solid ground. WHEN TO IRRIGATE When to irrigate is a problem that faces one at the very start of this new farm operation. And it can’t be answered in a few words. That is like many other farm operations, we just have to learn by experience, and observa tion. After asked this question, Clem- son’s Dr. Barnes down at the truck station near Charleston gives this answer in regard to ir rigating truck crops: “One of the best rules is to be gin irrigating as soon as the crop begins to show wilt by 10 a. m. In planning irrigation, keep in mind that if it takes five days to water all of the crop it may be necessary to start before the time indicated to insure that the last portion can be watered be fore it has suffered beyond the point of profitable recovery. If no rain falls, repeat applications will be needed at about weekly intervals.” MEAT EATING The total consumption of tur key meat has increased over 100 percent in this country in the past 20 years. Chickens have increas ed 75 percent, beef 40 percent. Lamb, veil, and pork are up 31, 17, and 13 percent respectively. We are the heaviest eaters of poultry meat in the world, and Canada is next. No other coun try comes near us in that. But several eat more other meats than we do, notably Uruguay, Austra lia, New Zealand, and Argentina. Down here in the Southeast we are fast growing from an all crop area to one in which livestock, dairy, and poultry products are looming larger and larger. In fact, our growth in cattle here in South Carolina was the greatest in the nation for the past seven years, 78 percent! Clemson and the Progressive Farmer have both long preached “crops plus livestock.” It was slow coming. But in recent years it has been fast. County agents spearheaded most of this work with livestock, first mostly through 4-H club demonstrations. Folsk saw these on tours and at the local fairs. Many of the boys kept at it when they grew up. Thus the idea developed. FEEDING STEERS OR HEIFERS We used to sell most of our cattle from grass as feeders. Now more and more of our farmers are fattening them out. Up to now we have had few heifers for sale, as most of them were being kept as breeders. Note our cattle growth, highest in the nation in recent years. About half of the calves are heifers. So our folks will soon have to start mar keting a lot of fat heifers too. Here’s what Wallace’s Farmer says about ’em: “Heifers feeders 'are usually cheaper, and when fattened out they don’t usually bring as much as steers. Heifers fatten at lower weights and earlier age than steers, and it takes a little more feed to make that unwanted fat 10SE WEIGHT THE "CURBET" WAY CURBET IS AN APPETITE SUPPRESS* ING FORMULA PRESCRIBED MOST BY PHYSICIANS BUT NOW AVAILABLE WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION When token os directed, CURBET causes less desire for food, letting you loose ugly excess fat without discomfort or incon venience of hunger pains. CURBET is sold in bottles of 90 only at drug stores. Buy all your drugs at your druggists with confidence, and toke only as directed. The Newberry Steam Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. SANTTONE DRY CLEANING COMPLETE LAUNDRY SERVICE FREE MOTH-PROOFING ALL WORK GUARANTEED 934 MAIN STREET PHONE 310 WORLD OUTDOORS S ALES of pistols and small-cal iber rifles indicate that more and more Americans are discover ing that shooting is fun. Rifle clubs, tournaments, and turkey shoots are on the increase in many parts of the nation and hundreds of enthusiasts are taking to the woods and hillsides tc “pink” away at homemade tar gets, tin cans and old bottles. * Shooting is fun, but the plain truth is that many fail to realize that it is also quite dangerous. Nov ices are seldom aware that a bul let will glance off a hard object and careen away, still full of dan gerous power. They are prone to overlook the fact that a rifle bullet will travel much farther than the eye can see through trees and un dergrowth. • Outdbor shooting should be care- fully supervised and planned. Re gardless of the target, it should be placed against a backdrop that is much larger and strong enough to completely stop the flight of the bullet. Firing away at trees, fence- posts and objects on open ground is both foolhardy and dangerous. Quite often a farmer will find that one of his livestock has died for no apparent reason. If he looks long and hard enough, he may find a small hole in the animal’s hide undoubtedly caused by some careless “plinker’s” bullet. After this happens once or twice, the sound of a rifle anywhere in the vicinity will cause the fanner to stop whatever he is doing and in vestigate—and who can blame him? Target shooting is fun. IPs a pleasant spring and summer diver sion. But it is a very dangerous pastime. If you like to follow this hobby, do it safely. Arrange a safe target area. Never shoot unless there is a solid object behind your target to stop the bullet and pre vent it from going on to kill or injure some unsuspecting animal or human. RICH GENIUS ... Robert Strom, 10, is TV’s all-time high quts show winner with 1192,000 for answering scientific questions. than it does the wanted lean that steers tend to put on. Carry the growing steer on to the same fin ish of the heifer and it will bring more because it will cut out a bit more of the desired lean cuts. “Fed out to the heavier weights, heifers tend to become *cowy’ and bring still lower prices. So for the longer feeding periods, steers are the better bet. Heifers feed out best right from waning time, and can handle some roughage then, but not as well as steers. Fed the same way, heifer calves will usually be ready for market 6 to 8 weeks ahead of steersxthat tend to grow more and fatten less at that age. “Tests at Missouri srowed that heifers and steers feed out pust as well mixed as separate, al though the heifers finished first and were sold separately.” A LWAYS rub with the grain of the wood when you’re waxing, be it floors or furniture. The work goes much faster and you have a more professional finish than if you used a circular motion. Tape measures won’t get tangled and mixed up in your sewing box if you wind them around an empty spool of thread. Do you often have drippy or weepy garbage? Several layers of paper for wrapping this will do wonders for soaking it up. Take THIS WEEK’S RECIPE Gingerbread Pancakes (Makes 16) 1 cup pancake mix 1 cup milk cup molasses % teaspoon ginger % teaspoon nutmeg % teaspoon cinnamon Dash of ground cloves 1 egg 1 tablespoon salad ofl Combine all ingredients and stir until just barely blended. Pour about 3 tablespoons of the batter for each pancake on grid dle. Bake until brown, turning only once. Serve with apple sauce or soured cream and sliced bananas. used paper napkins from the table, too, and place right with the garb age to act as blotters. Use the tines of a kitchen fork for helping pin curtains on a stretcher. This makes it easier and you won’t prick your fingers on the pins. Books with real leather bindings should not be packed too closely on bookshelves. They like circulating air and will do better when they’re shelved a bit on the light side. Save ironing time by going along the clothesline with a lightweight cart on wheels. Fold towels and underwear directly from the line into neat piles, then carry in the cart and wheel it to chests and % linen closet to put things away. Rev. Robert H. Harper AFTER MOTHER’S DAY Y OU should be observing Moth er’s Day this second Sunday in May. The observance of the day should inspire you with new re solves because of the new assur ance of Eternal Love over you. If you are today traveling along the road to yesterday, back to the place of your earliest recollections, may you linger in the sacred spot to think of the changeless Love that has blessed you and will through all the years, the love of Mother and the love of the Heaven ly Father. Let the love of earth and the love of heaven teach you to love and to live by its power. With the assurance of God’s love around you and the sense of .his care over you, face the day and all the days with hope and courage to meet the tasks' and the trials to do and overcome. There is great need for faith in the Eternal Good ness in this time of stress and strain. When was the age so full of menace? If the printed page and the newscasters quite appall you, turn to the ancient page that tells you of a love that will bless you with strength for the day and with contentment when the shadows of the night enfold you. “Talk about false economy—I always swore Fd never borrow money for home repairs like my neighbor does. And now Fve scarcely got a home left.” But it’s never too late to get started. A phone call now will do it; and Fll go right down and pick up the money. /'U ll r c e i i 3 •Your Private Bankers” 1418 Main St. Newberry this weeksAi fmaml & Hi n 1469 nn V cl o «t V*[ K' mm SK, WXSSS S ■■ 8SS 3 Mm lii? Nr, jirassi lill S# • • . • ' Mm® sis MIW 1 : m mi m V::?4 151 CROCHET EDGING Dress Pattmrn No. 1469—DELIGHT for bo- ginoor or expert at sowing—the flattoring sleeveless dress that tokos every occasion In strido all summor long. No. 1469 is in sizes 12, 14, 16, I«, 20; 40, 42. Size 14, 132 bust), 3 yards of 39-inch. Noodlowork Pattom No. 151—Trim a sot of pillowcasos with these lovely morning- glory dosigns in rod and blue, odd a crocheted odgo and presto—lovely linons. No. 151 has color transfer, crochet direc tions. Send 35c for oach dross pattom, 25c for eoch noodlowork pattom to AUDREY LANE BUREAU, Dopt. “NWNS,” 367 West Adams Street, Chicago 6, Illinois. ■:*> im ■ym y H r» * vm Wlw'y ->- . s : ';S . im > ■ .Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Counts of Chapin announce the engage ment of their daughter, Betty Rosine to Louie Carroll Derrick, son of Mrs. Lee Carroll Derrick and the late Mr. Derrick of Lit tle Mountain, and grandson of the late Mr. J. Kess Derrick. The wedding wilf take place in July. - V m HOLIDAY Notice Friday, May 10 SOUTHERN MEMORIAL DAY Being a Legal Holiday The Institutions Listed Below Will Not Be Open For Business. The Public Is Urged To Take Notice of This and Arrange all Business Accordingly. Newberry County Bank NEWBERRY JOANNA The South Carolina National Bank The Bank of Commerce PROSPERITY, S. C. Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Association The State Building & Loan Association V : 1 - X ■ . i® 'rmm ■a m L- K • 'it 'V. Ah , / M •> j® stvfe*/' ' ^ V J '• .•